Crossword-Solution: ROUND
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Round | v. i. & t. | To whisper. |
| Round | a. | Having every portion of the surface or of the circumference equally distant from the center; spherical; circular; having a form approaching a spherical or a circular shape; orbicular; globular; as, a round ball. |
| Round | a. | Having the form of a cylinder; cylindrical; as, the barrel of a musket is round. |
| Round | a. | Having a curved outline or form; especially, one like the arc of a circle or an ellipse, or a portion of the surface of a sphere; rotund; bulging; protuberant; not angular or pointed; as, a round arch; round hills. |
| Round | a. | Full; complete; not broken; not fractional; approximately in even units, tens, hundreds, thousands, etc.; -- said of numbers. |
| Round | a. | Not inconsiderable; large; hence, generous; free; as, a round price. |
| Round | a. | Uttered or emitted with a full tone; as, a round voice; a round note. |
| Round | a. | Modified, as a vowel, by contraction of the lip opening, making the opening more or less round in shape; rounded; labialized; labial. See Guide to Pronunciation, / 11. |
| Round | a. | Outspoken; plain and direct; unreserved; unqualified; not mincing; as, a round answer; a round oath. |
| Round | a. | Full and smoothly expanded; not defective or abrupt; finished; polished; -- said of style, or of authors with reference to their style. |
| Round | a. | Complete and consistent; fair; just; -- applied to conduct. |
| Round | n. | Anything round, as a circle, a globe, a ring. "The golden round" [the crown]. |
| Round | n. | A series of changes or events ending where it began; a series of like events recurring in continuance; a cycle; a periodical revolution; as, the round of the seasons; a round of pleasures. |
| Round | n. | A course of action or conduct performed by a number of persons in turn, or one after another, as if seated in a circle. |
| Round | n. | A series of duties or tasks which must be performed in turn, and then repeated. |
| Round | n. | A circular dance. |
| Round | n. | That which goes round a whole circle or company; as, a round of applause. |
| Round | n. | Rotation, as in office; succession. |
| Round | n. | The step of a ladder; a rundle or rung; also, a crosspiece which joins and braces the legs of a chair. |
| Round | n. | A course ending where it began; a circuit; a beat; especially, one freguently or regulary traversed; also, the act of traversing a circuit; as, a watchman's round; the rounds of the postman. |
| Round | n. | A walk performed by a guard or an officer round the rampart of a garrison, or among sentinels, to see that the sentinels are faithful and all things safe; also, the guard or officer, with his attendants, who performs this duty; -- usually in the plural. |
| Round | n. | A general discharge of firearms by a body of troops in which each soldier fires once. |
| Round | n. | Ammunition for discharging a piece or pieces once; as, twenty rounds of ammunition were given out. |
| Round | n. | A short vocal piece, resembling a catch in which three or four voices follow each other round in a species of canon in the unison. |
| Round | n. | The time during which prize fighters or boxers are in actual contest without an intermission, as prescribed by their rules; a bout. |
| Round | n. | A brewer's vessel in which the fermentation is concluded, the yeast escaping through the bunghole. |
| Round | n. | A vessel filled, as for drinking. |
| Round | n. | An assembly; a group; a circle; as, a round of politicians. |
| Round | n. | See Roundtop. |
| Round | n. | Same as Round of beef, below. |
| Round | adv. | On all sides; around. |
| Round | adv. | Circularly; in a circular form or manner; by revolving or reversing one's position; as, to turn one's head round; a wheel turns round. |
| Round | adv. | In circumference; as, a ball is ten inches round. |
| Round | adv. | From one side or party to another; as to come or turn round, -- that is, to change sides or opinions. |
| Round | adv. | By or in a circuit; by a course longer than the direct course; back to the starting point. |
| Round | adv. | Through a circle, as of friends or houses. |
| Round | adv. | Roundly; fully; vigorously. |
| Round | prep. | On every side of, so as to encompass or encircle; around; about; as, the people atood round him; to go round the city; to wind a cable round a windlass. |
| Round | v. t. | To make circular, spherical, or cylindrical; to give a round or convex figure to; as, to round a silver coin; to round the edges of anything. |
| Round | v. t. | To surround; to encircle; to encompass. |
| Round | v. t. | To bring to fullness or completeness; to complete; hence, to bring to a fit conclusion. |
| Round | v. t. | To go round wholly or in part; to go about (a corner or point); as, to round a corner; to round Cape Horn. |
| Round | v. t. | To make full, smooth, and flowing; as, to round periods in writing. |
| Round | v. i. | To grow round or full; hence, to attain to fullness, completeness, or perfection. |
| Round | v. i. | To go round, as a guard. |
| Round | v. i. | To go or turn round; to wheel about. |
Anagrams
| Word | Anagrams | |
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| ROUND | anagram | DURON |
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An inflammatory disease of the skin, characterized by the
presence of redness and itching, an eruption of small vesicles, and the
discharge of a watery exudation, which often dries up, leaving the skin
covered with crusts; -- called also tetter, milk crust, and salt rheum.
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Sentences with ROUND (5)
Doctors sometimes draw maps of other parts of you, and your own map can become intensely interesting, but catch them trying to draw a map of a child’s mind, which is not only confused, but keeps going round all the time.
Round about the Indian village Spread the meadows and the corn-fields, And beyond them stood the forest, Stood the groves of singing pine-trees, Green in Summer, white in Winter, Ever sighing, ever singing.
Anon out of the earth a Fabrick huge Rose like an Exhalation, with the sound Of Dulcet Symphonies and voices sweet, Built like a Temple, where _Pilasters_ round Were set, and Doric pillars overlaid With Golden Architrave; nor did there want Cornice or Freeze, with bossy Sculptures grav’n, The Roof was fretted Gold.
The Axle-trees groaned and creaked terribly; whereupon the Oxen, turning round, thus addressed the wheels: “Hullo there! why do you make so much noise? We bear all the labor, and we, not you, ought to cry out.” Those who suffer most cry out the least.
And yet there was not a man any where round, who made higher professions of religion, or was more active in revivals,—more attentive to the class, love-feast, prayer and preaching meetings, or more devotional in his family,—that prayed earlier, later, louder, and longer,—than this same reverend slave-driver, Rigby Hopkins.
Quotes with ROUND (3)
To love at all is to be vulnerable. Love anything and your heart will be wrung and possibly broken. If you want to make sure of keeping it intact you must give it to no one, not even an animal. Wrap it carefully round with hobbies and little luxuries; avoid all entanglements. Lock it up safe in the casket or coffin of your selfishness. But in that casket, safe, dark, motionless, airless, it will change. It will not be broken; it will become unbreakable, impenetrable, irredeem…
I might have known,” said Eeyore. “After all, one can’t complain. I have my friends. Somebody spoke to me only yesterday. And was it last week or the week before that Rabbit bumped into me and said ‘Bother!’. The Social Round. Always something going on.
The Hitch-Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy also mentions alcohol. It says that the best drink in existence is the Pan Galactic Gargle Blaster, the effect of which is like having your brains smashed out with a slice of lemon wrapped round a large gold brick.
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Appears in: Boston Globe, Chronicle, Crossroads, CrosSynergy, LAT, Newsday, New Yorker, NY Sun, NYT, Slate, Three Across, Universal, USA TODAY, WP, WSJ.
Used 162 times in crossword archives (1947–2025).